Lamp or lantern.



J. T. CASEY. LAMP 0R LANTERN. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1911.

1,013,275, Patented Jan.2, 1912.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. CASEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T KEYSTONE LAN-TERN COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LAMP OR LANTERN.

1,013,275. Specification of Letters Patent Patented Jan. 2, 1912.Application filed January 7, 1911. Serial No. 601,488.

scribed in detail, in Figures 1, 2 and 3, respectively, illustrate inplan, elevation and sectional elevation, the oil pot of a lantern withburner attachment, a casing surrounding the oil pot and provided withmeans for directing the oil leakage and trapping same in accordance withmy invention.

Referring now to the several figures of 'the drawings :-A, representsthe oil receptacle or oil reservoir proper of the oil pot, which ispreferably formed of several pieces of metal as shown in Fig. 3. The oilreservoir is provided at its uppermost portion with a threaded collar A,to receive a correspondingly threaded portion B of a burner B.Approximately midway between the top and bottom of the oil reservoir isa flange A which may if desired be soldered 7 or otherwise directlyfastened to the wall of the oil reservoir, or as preferred may befashioned in the following manner. Referring again to Fig. 3 of thedrawings it will be noted that the oil reservoir and its flange embodiesthree members, an upper shell a,

a centrally disposed shell a, forming a portion of the flange and alower shell M. The shell a, passes downward and outward over the shell awhile the shell a passes upward, outward, downward and around the lowermargins of the shell a, the lower extremities of these two shellsforming the flange i The shell (1 has its upper half of .greaterdiameter than its lower half and fits snugly around the upper flangedportion of the shell (1. This method of assembling the several membersof the oil reservoir not only serves to guard against leakage but alsoas a means of reinforcing the central portion of the oil reservoir whichis desirable in a construction of this general type.

Inclosing the oil reservoir is a casing G, embracing two members, anupper member forming at its uppermost position a 'ournal for the neck ofthe oil reservoir A, and a lower member C the two being connected to andin a manner forming a part of a supporting ring or band D. The members Cand C being threaded and detachably secured together as shown at C Themember C of the casing C, is provided with a circular series of openings0, fashioned in such a manner as to form ad 1 rseries To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. CASEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Lamps or Lanterns, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to oil pots for lamps and lanterns embodying a typein which the oil pot may be detachably united to the body of the lamp orlantern from below and in which the wick may be raised or loweredwithout opening portions of the frame work of the lamp or lantern thusexposing the flame to drafts of air, and to this end embodiesimprovements in lanterns in addition to those described and claimed inLetters Patent granted to me December 30th, 1902, No. 717,346.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of the oil pots of this type, make them better able towithstand the conditions of use to which they may be subjected andprovide means whereby oil, whether that overspreading the burner head inthe act of filling the oil pot, or drawn upward by capillary attractionand in turn overspreading the top of the oil pot will be guided anddirected to a point where it will be trapped and held and effectuallyprevented from reaching that part of the structure to which the hand ofthe user of the lantern is applied in the act of raising and loweringthe wick as occasion requires. And this object is accomplished, chiefly,by inclosing the oil pot proper within a casing of peculiarconstruction, to be hereinafter described.

The various features of novelty which characterize my invention arepointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming apart of this specification.

For a better understanding of the invention, however, and the advantagespossessed by it, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings anddescriptive matter in which I have illustrated and described one of theforms in which my invention may be embodied.

The drawings accompanying the specification, briefly stated, buthereinafter deof teeth 0, Fig. 1, to b, mounted on the conventional wickraising stem 6 b of the burner B. The openings 0, also serve as a meansto permit the oil carried up over the burner head by into the bottom ofthe ring or band D, where it is trapped and held The member C of thecasing C, is provided with a flange between the oil reservoir A, and itsflange A so that together flange A the fl difliculty by its lubricatingproperties in the operation of the wick. The member C of the casing O,is provided with openings 0 c &c. to permit the escape of oil into thelowermost portion of the supporting ring The lower margins of the memberC the flange C and supporting ring united together by a lap fold asshown at E, in Fig. 3. The supporting ring D, is recessed at points Dand D to receive the conventional which when the oil one of the pins ofthe lantern frame being engaged by an opening d of a spring D whichspring is secured by rivets d (i shown in Figs. 1 and 2. While I haveshown and described what of my invention, it will be understood that Ido not limit myself in any way to specific details of constructionexcept where such are pointed out in the claims as details, others thanthose herein shown and described may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

7 Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. An oil receptacle adapted to receive aburner, in combination with a casing of larger diameter inclosing theoil receptacle,

leaving an lnteryening channel or passageceptacle for trapping andretaining the oil which passes downward through nel or passageway.

2. An oil pot, comprising an oil reservoir provided with athreaded'opening to receive a burner, together with a clown wardlyprojecting flange, a casing surrounding'the oil reservoir and furnishinga support therefor, the casing being provided on its uppermost surfacewith a circular series of openings for the admission of oil reservoirprovided with a engage with a pinion and at its lowermost portion withan opencasing being ries of openings for the admisslon of oil, as alsoto receive the teeth of a pinion mounted upon the upper member of thecasing being prod on its uppermost surface with open- 011 and the loweropening for its escape, a ange projecting upwardly from the lower memberof the casing between the oil reservoir and its flange to turn and theoil reservoir.

5. An oil pot comprising a rotatable oil burner together. with adownwardly extending flange, a casing forming a support for the oilreservoir and provided with a circular series of teeth to engage theteeth of a pinion on a wick raising device of the burner, a flangesecured to the casing and arranged between the oil reservoir and itsflange and a support connected to the casing and arranged to form areceptacle to contain oil which may pass downward between the oilreservoir and its casing.

6. An oil pot comprising a rotatable oil reservoir having a burner beengaged by the pinion of a Wick raising fixed my signature in presenceof two Witstem, :1 lowfir casing f{breaded to the upper nesses. casinand avin a ange intersecting that of th e oil reserv ir and a supportingring JOHN CASEY 5 connected to the lower casing for the pur- Witnesses:

pose specified. JAY R. GRIER,

In testimony whereof I have hereto af- CHAS. G. COLLIER.

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